DV 2022 – Selected Entrants

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2021 diversity lottery.  The diversity lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available *55,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.  Approximately 119,021 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa. Since it is likely that some of the first *55,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should ensure that all DV-2022 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2022 (October 1, 2021, until September 30, 2022).

Applicants registered for the DV-2022 program were selected at random from 7,336,302 qualified entries (13,191,296 with derivatives) received during the 35-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.  The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country.  During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent or show two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years.  Those selected will need to act on their immigrant visa applications quickly.  Applicants should follow the instructions in their notification letter and must fully complete the information requested.

Registrants living legally in the United States who wish to apply for adjustment of their status must contact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for information on the requirements and procedures.  Once the total *55,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2022 will end.  Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2022, will derive no further benefit from their DV-2022 registration.  Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2022 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2022.

Dates for the DV-2023 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months.  Those interested in entering the DV-2023 program should check the Department of State’s Visa web page in the coming months.

*The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulated that up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually allocated diversity visas be made available for use under the NACARA program.  This will result in reduction of the DV-2022 annual limit to approximately 54,850.

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2022 program:

AFRICA
ALGERIA 6,001ESWATINI  1MOZAMBIQUE  2
ANGOLA  855ETHIOPIA  2,988NAMIBIA  9
BENIN  735GABON  66NIGER  49
BOTSWANA  4GAMBIA, THE  77RWANDA  983
BURKINA FASO  72GHANA  3,145SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE  4
BURUNDI  390GUINEA  672SENEGAL  277
CABO VERDE  12GUINEA-BISSAU  15SEYCHELLES  7
CAMEROON 2,656KENYA  2,882SIERRA LEONE  271
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  21LESOTHO  8SOMALIA  435
CHAD  231LIBERIA  1,417SOUTH AFRICA  497
COMOROS  10LIBYA  311SOUTH SUDAN  75
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE  3,347MADAGASCAR  19SUDAN  6,001
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE  574MALAWI  22TANZANIA  103
COTE D’IVOIRE  597MALI  74TOGO  1,119
DJIBOUTI  187MAURITANIA  158TUNISIA  203
EGYPT  6,005MAURITIUS  12UGANDA  722
EQUATORIAL GUINEA  3MOROCCO  4,138ZAMBIA  56
ERITREA  261Western Sahara  2ZIMBABWE  222
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN  3,410JORDAN  917SAUDI ARABIA  944
BAHRAIN  15KOREA, NORTH  0SINGAPORE  19
BHUTAN  114KUWAIT  222SRI LANKA  838
BRUNEI  2LAOS  22SYRIA  483
BURMA  561LEBANON  320TAIWAN  574
CAMBODIA  1,094MALAYSIA  44THAILAND  186
INDONESIA  218MALDIVES  2TIMOR-LESTE  0
IRAN  5,739MONGOLIA  293UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  275
IRAQ  1,512NEPAL  3,802YEMEN  1,561
ISRAEL  207OMAN  27 
JAPAN  510QATAR  90
EUROPE
ALBANIA  2,756GREECE  42NORTHERN IRELAND  3
ANDORRA  0HUNGARY  100NORWAY  10
ARMENIA  2,066ICELAND  8POLAND  355
AUSTRIA  36IRELAND  24PORTUGAL  20
AZERBAIJAN  919ITALY  324Macau  2
BELARUS  1,808KAZAKHSTAN  1,978ROMANIA  264
BELGIUM  35KOSOVO  334RUSSIA  6,001
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA  67KYRGYZSTAN  1,993SERBIA  214
BULGARIA  220LATVIA  43SLOVAKIA  24
CROATIA  21LIECHTENSTEIN  0SLOVENIA  10
CYPRUS  10LITHUANIA  110SPAIN  184
CZECH REPUBLIC  27LUXEMBOURG  3SWEDEN  32
DENMARK  15MALTA  0SWITZERLAND  31
ESTONIA  24MOLDOOVA  798TAJIKISTAN  2,122
FINLAND  28MONACO  0TURKEY  2,526
FRANCE  205MONTENEGRO  48TURKMENISTAN  745
Saint Martin  5NETHERLANDS  34UKRAINE  4,949
GEORGIA  1,604Sint Maarten  2UZBEKISTAN  6,001
GERMANY  526NORTH MACEDONIA  293VATICAN CITY  0
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE  16
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA 1,031MARSHALL ISLANDS  2PALAU  30
Christmas Island  6MICRONESIA, FEDERATED
STATES OF  4
SAMOA  5
Cocos Keeling Islands 2NAURU  9SOLOMON ISLANDS  11
Norfolk Island 6NEW ZEALAND  248TONGA  133
FIJI  950 Cook Islands 19TUVALU  4
KIRIBATI  11PAPUA NEW GUINEA  26VANUATU  4
  
SOUTH AMERICA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA  0DOMINICA  3SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS  0
ARGENTINA  146ECUADOR  249SAINT LUCIA  3
BARBADOS  0GRENADA  0SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES  0
BELIZE  0GUYANA  5SURINAME  4
BOLIVIA  38NICARAGUA  18TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  26
CHILE  24PANAMA  4URUGUAY  0
COSTA RICA  8PARAGUAY  0VENEZUELA 1,800
CUBA  975PERU  198 
    

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2022: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.